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Last Updated: October 5, 2018 is a free malware and adware removal tool for OS X and here we take a look at just how effective it is in our review of Malwarebytes for Mac. With malware becoming an increasing problem on Macs, there has been a lot of demand from PC users that have switched to OS X for a Mac version of Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes has been a trusted and popular malware removal tool on PC and Windows for many years and although it wasn’t until July 2015 that it finally arrived on Mac. In this review, we’ve taken an in-depth look at how effective it really is at removing malware from Macs, including the business edition of Malwarebytes for macOS.

The Mac version of Malwarebytes is actually built on top of a popular Mac adware remover called which was bought by Malwarebytes in 2015. Due to the enormous success of AdwareMedic by Mac security expert Thomas Reed, Malwarebytes astutely spotted the chance to and finally get a foothold in the Mac market. Not only that, but they brought Reed on board as their Director of Mac Offerings and so Malwarebytes for Mac is still basically the same as AdwareMedic. Reed one of the World’s foremost experts on Mac security and on the latest security threats he’s discovered on Mac. A Note On Malware vs Viruses on Mac It’s important to understand from the start that Malwarebytes for Mac is not an antivirus tool.

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There is a distinct technical difference between viruses and malware. Viruses generally cripple or infect your entire system while malware generally plagues you with ads, slows down browsing or at worst, steals your private data or even hijacks your Mac. Malwarebytes is designed to remove malware (including adware which is a type of malware) only which is a far bigger problem on Mac than viruses. Viruses on Mac are still very rare and require totally different solutions such AVG which we looked at in our. Note also that Malwarebytes doesn’t provide real time protection such as antivirus suites like AVG.

That is to say, it won’t protect you from infection in real time but it will effectively remove any malware that has already installed itself on your Mac. It’s what you might call, a “shoot to kill” malware remover rather than a “fire and forget” solution that continually works in the background on your Mac. How To Install And Use Malwarebytes for Mac Let’s then take a closer look then at how to download, install and use Malwarebytes for Mac. After you you must drag it into your Applications folder. Note that it only works on OS X 10.9 Mavericks or higher including OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.11 El Capitan and macOS 10.12 Sierra: You then have to agree to a lengthy End User License Agreement and the main Malwarebytes user interface will open. If you ever used AdwareMedic, then you’ll notice that MalwareBytes for Mac looks almost exactly the same which isn’t surprising because as we highlighted in the introduction, it’s basically the same product. The only difference is the Malwarebytes branding at the top and there’s also a new link at the bottom for a although this isn’t due for release until later this year and simply takes you to a statement of interest form to fill in.

This is how it now looks: And this is how the old AdwareMedic looked – spot the difference: To state the obvious, to scan your Mac you simply select the first option “Scan”. As with AdwareMedic, Malwarebytes takes no more than a 5 or 6 seconds to scan your system. If you’re clean as a whistle and no adware or malware is found, you should receive the following message: If however after scanning you, you’re infected with something, you’ll receive a message something like this: AdwareMedic gives you a useful overview of the name of the Adware your Mac is infected with, in this case Conduit, Genieo and Vidx/MacVX. These types of malware are usually installed on your Mac after downloading from dodgy sites such as download portals or malicious ads that trick you into clicking “download” accidentally. You can choose which files you want to remove using the checkboxes on the left but of course, in almost all cases its best to select them all and click “Remove Selected Items”. Those files that definitely need removing because they are the most malicious, are selected automatically by default by Malwarebytes but those that are unchecked, you an choose whether to remove them yourself.

The reason for these optional files is that often they are browser preference files that have been modified by malware and if removed, will require you to reset your browser preferences again. However, we strongly recommend deleting removing all files and then re configuring any necessary browser preferences afterwards to make sure that your machine is squeaky clean after scanning.